2019 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team

The 2019 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team represented Southern Illinois University Edwardsville during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, the school's 53rd season. The Cougars were led by first-year head coach Cale Wassermann. The team played their home games on Bob Guelker Field at the Ralph Korte Stadium as an affiliate member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC).[1][2]

SIUE men's soccer is an affiliate member of the Mid-American Conference

2019 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer
Conference	Mid-American Conference
2019 record	8–5–4 (2–1–2 MAC)
Head coach	Cale Wassermann (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Stephen Gorton Ian Henry Daniel Brennan
Home stadium	Ralph Korte Stadium Capacity, 4,000

2019 Mid-American Conference men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Akron	4	–	0	–	1			6	–	10	–	2
Western Michigan	2	–	1	–	2			11	–	6	–	2
SIUE	2	–	1	–	2			8	–	5	–	4
Northern Illinois	2	–	3	–	0			7	–	10	–	1
Bowling Green	2	–	3	–	0			13	–	7	–	1
West Virginia ‡	0	–	4	–	1			10	–	9	–	2
‡ – 2019 MAC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2019 NCAA Tournament As of 25 November 2019; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: MAC

Preseason

Sixteen players returned from the 2018 team, along with one player who was redshirted as a freshmen and fifth-year midfielder Carl Hinkson who would be in and out of the lineup while he also played on the Barbados national team. Twelve of the returners started at least one game for the 2018 Cougars; Hinkson started 29 games for the Cougars as a sophomore and junior before missing all of last season with injuries.. The team is joined by eight freshmen, a sophomore coming from a development program, and two student-athletes who transferred from other schools.[3]

The Cougars played two preseason exhibition games. They played the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes from the American Athletic Conference to a 1–1 draw at Korte Stadium. In Lexington, Kentucky the Cougars faced the #8 ranked Kentucky Wildcats, the defending champion of Conference USA which advanced to their Regional Final before falling to eventual NCAA Champions Maryland. UK took a 2–0 lead before the Cougars made it 2–1 at halftime, then scored two second half goals for a 3–2.victory.[4]

In the poll of MAC head coaches, the Cougars were picked to finish 4th, behind, Akron, Western Michigan, and West Virginia.[5]

In the Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Men's National Top 100 list of their top 100 Division I soccer players, Jorge Gonzalez was #64,.[6] In the Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Men's Conference Top 20 for the Mid-American Conference, Jorge Gonzalez was #4, Lachlan McLean was #13, and Noah Heim was #18.[7]

Season

The Cougars opened the season on the road in East Lansing, home of the #7 ranked Michigan State Spartans. Although the Spartans dominated the statistics, the game was fairly evenly played, with most of the home team's shots coming in a couple of attacking flurries. For most of the game, the two teams took turns intercepting passes and having their passes intercepted. SIUE goalkeeper Noah Heim's play was outstanding. Among his eight saves were a couple of spectacular ones, including stopping a penalty kick late in the second extra time period. After 110 minutes of hard play, the Cougars and Spartans settled for a 0–0 draw.[8][9]

For his play in the Michigan state game, Noah Heim was chosen as the Mid-American Conference Player of the Week[10] and was named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week.[11]

In a Labor Day game at #24 Michigan, the Cougars yielded an early 4th-minute goal to the Wolverines' solid team play. For the rest of the first half and into the second, the Cougars were defensively strong, but displayed astonishingly inept passing, sending balls between two teammates, straight to Wolverines, to nobody in particular, and to "nobody there." Then in the 75th minute, Vincent Jackson II broke down the right side, evading defenders, and fired a crossing pass to Jorge Gonzalez, who headed it into the goal to tie the match. In the 87th minute, goalkeeper Noah Heim shanked a goal kick that bounced off one Wolverine to another Michigan payer with a wide open net in front of him, and the home team regained the lead. A minute and a half later, a Michigan player was open on the right with Heim caught to the left, and his crossing shot into the right corner of the goal gave Michigan a 3–1 win.[12]

The Cougars had an explosive start to their home opener versus former MVC rival Evansville. Senior co-captain Lachlan McLean opened the scoring with an unassisted goal from the top of the box in only the second minute of play. Little more than two and a half minutes later, Jorge Gonzales was fouled just outside the box and fired his free kick past the Purple Aces keeper for a 2–0 SIUE lead. Another two and a half minutes later, freshman Jacob Bilyeu stole a pass and fired the ball into the upper left of the net for his first goal and a 3–0 lead in only the eighth minute of play. The two teams caught their breath and traded possessions for the next twenty-plus minutes, then Mathias Krigbaum fed a pass to Vincent Jackson II, who also scored his first goal as a Cougar in the thirtieth minute, and it was 4–0. Once the Aces somewhat recovered from the initial SIUE onslaught, they came together and turned on an intense attack of their own against the Cougars' makeshift back line composed entirely of midfielders. Outshooting the Cougare 8–5 for the half, Evansville got its first goal in the 36th minute, and the teams went to the locker rooms with a 4–1 advantage for the home team. In the second half, the visitors continued their hard-pressing attack, again outshooting the home side and challenging Noah Heim by putting every single shot on goal. The Purple team scored its second goal in the 66th minute when the Aces' Graham was fouled just outside the box and received a yellow card for his comments before rocketing his free kick past Heim. .The visitors added one more goal in the 81st minute, but their three goals were offset by Heim's nine saves that tied his career high for a game. SIUE now takes a week to prepare for the 28th renewal of the Bronze Boot series and 37th meeting between the Cougars and the Billikens.[13]

The Cougars hosted the Saint Louis Billikens for the 28th Bronze Boot Game. The Bills got on the board first with a crossing pass headed into the net in the 11th minute. Chaotic action in the 22nd minute saw Lachlan McLean bang a shot off the goal post and Kelby Phillips hit the cross bar, but the Cougars came away empty. In the 27th minute, Joergen Pettersen rebounded a blocked shot and sent a smoking shot past the SLU goalkeeper to tie the game. Thereafter, the game was stalemated through regulation time, although the Billikens held a statistical advantage. The same held true for the first extra time period and looked to do so for the second. But the Cougars put the ball out of play over the end line as time was counting down. On the ensueing corner kick, Saint Louis stunned the large crowd with a header into the net for the win with only six seconds left on the clock.[14]

The Cougars and the Butler Bulldogs of the Big East Conference met for the sixth year in a row, this season at The Ralph. The home team looked to have finally lost their reluctance to shoot, dominating the visitors. outshooting them 22-6 overall and 11–3 in shots on goal. The Bulldogs' goalkeeper, however made saves on nine of those shots on goal. Itwas Butler though. who tool the early lead, scoring on a corner kick in the eighth minute. The 1–0 margin held to and beyond halftime. The Cougars finally broke through the Butler defense and evened the score in the 60th minute when Corbin McAvenew fired a crossing pass to Joergen Pettersen that was promptly fired just inside the post and into the net. SIUE kept firing and Butler and its keeper kept stopping the shots through regulation, through the first extra time period, and into a second overtime. In the 109th minute of the Cougars' second double overtime game in four days, Jaime Izquierdo Roiz made a long pass to Vincent Jackson II, who made a deft header pass to Jorge Gonzalez. who had gotten free on the right side of the penalty box and slipped it past the keeper for the winning goal.[15]

The Cougars traveled to Tulsa to play The Summit League's strongly improved Oral Roberts Golden Eagles. For the first few minutes, the Cougars looked to be following up on the hard-charging style displayed in the Butler game. Then ORU began to apply pressure on whoever had the ball. In the ninth minute, a defender made an ill-advised and not-quite-accurate pass back to the goalkeeper that was quickly stolen and driven into the net to put the home side up 1–0. In the twelfth minute an SIUE free kick sailed past everyone and was taken by a Golden Eagle who carried it all the way down the right side before passing to teammates coming down the middle, and suddenly, the Cougars were down by two goals. Falling back into its more cautious mode, SIUE got one goal back when Vincent Jackson II sent a short pass near the penalty spot that Mathias Krigbaum then sent on into the net. The two teams cautiously felt each other out after half time until, in the 48th minute, the home team again gained a two-goal advantage. In the 53rd minute the Cougars were crowding the 18 yard box, when ORU committed a foul. Once the referee had everything calmed down and set up, Jorge Gonzalez stepped up to the ball, took a deep breath, head-faked to his left, and slammed the penalty kick into the wide-open right side of the net. Just under four minutes later, Gonzalez got a short crossing pass from Joergen Pettersen that he calmly put into goal to tie the score before going into a restrained celebration. The tie held through regulation time, but extra time was much shorter than in the Cougars' two prior games. Only a minute and a half into overtime, the Golden Eagles again stole an errant pass and used fine team play to get the winning goal.[16]

For his three goals versus Butler and Oral Roberts, Jorge Gonzalez was named MAC Men's Soccer Player of the Week.[17] Additionally, his 5 goals, 20 shots, and 13 points on five goals and an assist all led the Mid-American Conference statistics.[18]

A Tuesday afternoon at the University of Missouri–Kansas City to face the Kansas City Roos of the Western Athletic Conference. It was the Cougars' fourth game in eleven days, topped by five extra time periods in the three previous games. SIUE still managed to fairly well dominate the home team, especially in the second half. Redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Lluìs Martorell needed to make only two first half saves of shots on goal to earn the shutout in his first Cougar start. On a corner kick in the 79th minute, Joergen Pettersen placed the ball well enough for Jorge Gonzalez to head in his sixth goal of the season and even the SIUE record at 3–3–1.[19]

For Homecoming, the Cougars faced the Central Arkansas Bears, a program that is much improved since the two schools were Missouri Valley Conference opponents. New members of the Sun Belt Conference, the Bears came to Efwardsville with a 4–2–1 record. UCA outshot SIUE 5–2 in the first half, with Cougars goalkeeper Lluìs Martorell making one "highlight reel" save, but the two teams went to the locker rooms in a scoreless tile. In the 50th minute, Corbin McAvinew passed to Jorge Gonzalez, for a "highlight reel" shot to put the Cougars on top, even though they were mostly being outplayed by the visitors. The "highlight reel" plays did not stop for the Cougars. Martorell made another spectacular save on his way to a dozen saves for the game. For another, in the 66th minute, Steven Bibas threw in to Kelby Phillips, who appeared to be blocked by three Bears but found his way free to blast a 25-plus yard shot into the net for a 2–0 Cougars lead. Despite losing the statistical battle, with 2,107 fans in the stands and hundreds more on the East side berm, the home team won its twelfth consecutive Homecoming game since the program returned to Division I in 2008, and Martorell picked up his second shutout in two starts.[20]

After scoring the winning goals against both Kansas City and Central Arkansas Jorge Gonzalez was named to the National Team of the Week by College Soccer News.[21]

The Western Illinois Leathernecks came to The Ralph with a record of 0–9–0 versus a fairly strong schedule. The Cougars were playing their sixth game in twentythree days. SIUE Head Coach Cale Wassermann stated, "When you have so many games consecutively, you don't have as much time to train. You use the games as training opportunities. I was happy with our counter prevention against a team that is very threatening up front." The home side came out shooting, topping the visitors 20–6, but Western was strong defensively, their two goalkeepers combining for six saves on the Cougars' seven shots on goal. In the 70th minute, Corbin McAvinew made a perfect crossing pass to set up Steven Bibas' first career goal. The scrappy ball-stealing defense held on for keeper Lluìs Martorell's third shutout in three starts and a three-game Cougars' winning streak.[22]

The Valparaiso Crusaders of The Summit League came to Korte Stadium, as they and the Cougars met for the fourth year in a row. Lachlan McLean broke out of a six-game scoreless slump in the twelfth minute, when he sent the rebound of the save on a Jorge Gonzalez shot streaking past the Valpo goalkeeper and into the net. Less than a minute and a half later, Gonzalez drove to the left post with the keeper coming after him, then he tapped a centering pass to McLean, and the Australian made it a pair of goals for himself, a pair of assists for his Spanish teammate, and a 2–0 lead for the home team. SIUE fairly well dominated the game and outshoot Valpo 12–9 with nine Cougars shot being "on goal" versus four for the Crusaders. After a foul in the 69th minute, Joergen Pettersen lofted a free kick into the box near the left post; Mathias Krigbaum headed it toward the right post, and Jacob Bilyeu high-stepped and booted the ball past the diving Valpo keeper. Lluis Martorell made saves on all four Crusaders' shots on goal for his fourth clean sheet in four starts.[23]

The opening game of the MAC season was versus the Northern Illinois Huskies in windy DeKalb. The Cougars came out shooting. In the fourth minute, a Jorge Gonzalez shot was deflected, and Steven Bibas put the loose ball into the empty net for his second goal of the season and an early SIUE lead. A corner kick from Joergen Pettersen in the eighth minute set up Gonzalez to head his MAC-leading eighth goal into the net. In the twelfth minute, the Huskies took possession and broke towards the Cougars' net, driving the ball past Lluis Martorell for the first conceded goal in his five starts. By this time the wind was blowing so hard from south to north that a Martorell punt from the south box cleared the north end line on two short bounces. Following the Huskies' score, the Cougars went into a more defensive style of play, repeatedly taking the ball away but also quickly giving it right back, while playing into the wind. This allowed NIU to take more shots as well as corner kick after corner kick. In the 62nd minute, the SIUE defense made an ill-advised weak pass back toward the goal. In trying to get to the ball, Martorell and a Huskie collided and fell onto the ball. The NIU player was slow in getting up, but the Cougar keeper was down for several very long minutes before being helped to hobble from the field. Noah Heim came in cold off the bench and made two saves to go with Martorell's four for the SIUE win.[24]

A cold Tuesday night in Madison to play the Wisconsin Badgers of the B1G. Once again, the Cougars came out shooting and were fairly well dominating until getting sloppy at about the 28th minute. A turnover led to a Badbers' breakaway and a shot that was deflected over the end line. On the corner kick, Noah Heim's save went out for another corner in the 29th minute. The ball went into the mob scene in front of the goal and sat on the ground until a Wisconsin player booted it into the net. Having the early lead gave the home team some confidence, while SIUE went into its more conservative defensive mode, and the score remained 1–0 into the second half. The Cougars went back into attack mode in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Joergen Pettersen took a corner kick that Lachlan McLean headed in for his fourth score of the season. In the 79th minute, an attack by multiple Cougars saw McLean and Kashaun Smith set up Jorge Gonzalez for his MAC-leading ninth goal. In the 88th minute, the visitors again got sloppy, leaving Heim facing two free Badgers, and the game was suddenly tied 2–2 with regulation time running out. SIUE continued to outshoot Wisconsin through both overtimes. Gonzalez thought he had the game-winner in the 105th minute; charging in hard, he chipped the ball over the UW keeper, who fell back into the net in trying to prevent the score. The assistant referee ruled that, even though he was deep in the net, he had managed keep the ball out, and video replay verified this. The draw broke the Cougar's five-game win streak, but their unbeaten string extended to six games.[25]

The Bowling Green Falcons visited rainy Korte Stadium for a MAC match. Ranked earlier in the season, BGSU dropped its opener to Akron, while SIUE had beaten NIU. The Eagles came out strongly determined not to fall again, while the Cougars' play was tentative and as sloppy as the weather The hpme team was outshot 6–3 in the first half, but in the 27th minute. Jorge Gonzalez drove down the right side of the field, carrying into the box before passing a cross to a wide-open Kelby Phillips. who booted it just inside the post for his second goal of the season. After halftime, the Cougars came out more confident and determined, and play was fairly even with both squads taking four shots on the others' stingy defenses. In the 73rd minute, a Joergen Pettersen corner kick was headed to the top of the box by Jacob Meier. Andres Delascio settled the pass and hammered a laser-like shot from 21 yards out to give SIUE a 2–0 lead. Noah Heim made six saves to extend his lead in saves for the MAC and got his second shutout of the season, eighth of his Cougar career.[26]

The Cougars traveled to Ohio to face the Akron Zips. The defending NCAA runnersup have a losing record, but they have faced one of the toughest schedules in the country, with 9 of 13 prior opponents ranked during the season. Akron wasted little time, with a strike from just outside the penelty box putting them on top in the 4th minute. In the 37th minute, the Zips doubled their score. The Cougars made adjustments and played much more equal to the visitors in the second half, but the closest they came to scoring were hard shots hitting the left post and ricocheting away by Jorge Gonzalez and Jacob Bilyeu. In the 90th minute, Akron put the icing on the cake with a breakaway give-and-go to make the final score 3–0 and move the Zips past the Cougars into first place in the MAC.[27]

Defending MAC regular season champions the West Virginia Mountaineers were nationally ranked earlier in the season, but they cane to the Ralph on the Cougars' Senior Day holding last place in the conference. SIUE was stronger in the first half, and WVU fairly dominated the second half, but the two sides were in a scoreless tie at the end of regulation time. After two evenly played extra time periods, the game ended in that scoreless tie. Noah Heim had four saves in his eighth career shutout.[28]

For the last game of the regular season, the Cougars traveled to Kalamazoo to face the Western Michigan Broncos with the two teams tied for second place in the MAC. WMU outshot SIUE 7–3 in the first half, but in the 23rd minute, Joergen Pettersen sent a free kick in the direction of Jake Meier; the former Indiana Hoosier took control of the ball, set himself up, and scored his first goal as a Cougar. The second half was more evenly played, but the Broncos evened the score in the 62nd minute. SIUE outshot the host through two extra time periods, but neither team scored again. Still tied for second, WMU gets the #2 seed in the MAC Tournament, since they tied the champion Akron Zips who defeated SIUE.[29]

Postseason

At the MAC pre-tournament banquet, the postseason awards were announced. The Cougars' senior midfielder, Jorge Gonzalez was named the 2019 Mid-American Conference Men’s Soccer Player of the Year. Gonzalez was also named to the First Team All-MAC. Sophomore midfielder Jacob Meier was named to the Second Team All-MAC.[30]

In the first round of the MAC Tournament, the 3rd seeded Cougars hosted the 6th seeded West Virginia Mountaineers at the Ralph, with the two teams having tied at the same venue ten days earlier. SIUE was statistically the better team, leading in shots 13–9 and corner kicks 7–1. However, a Cougars turnover in the 43rd minute set up a Mountaineers breakaway, with the shot taken finding the low left corner of the goal for what would be the only and winning goal of the game.[31] WVU, despite finishing last in the MAC regular season, went on to win the tournament, and then to advance to the second round of the NCAA tournament.

When the United Soccer Coaches announced its All-Region Teams, the prerequisite for being named to the All-American Team, Cougars midfielder Jorge Gonzalez was on the 2019 United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Men’s All-North Region First Team. [32]

The Mid-American Conference announced its 2019 Men's Soccer Academic All-MAC Team on November 13, with a total of 56 student-athletes being named to the team. The Academic All-MAC honor is for student-athletes who have excelled in both athletics and academics. To qualify, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests for his/her team.Ten Cougars qualified for the 2019 honors:[33]

• Steven Bibas, Sophomore, 3.68
• Jack Edwards, Sophomore, 3.55
• Noah Heim, Junior, 3.75
• Colin Hilpert, Junior, 4.00
• Mathias Krigbaum, Senior, 3.29
• Corban McAvinew, Sophomore, 3.91
• Lachlan Mclean, Senior, 3.53
• Jorgen Pettersen, Senior, 3.35
• Kelby Phillips, Sophomore, 3.56
• Jaime Izquierdo Roiz, Junior, 3.27

Cougars midfielder Jorge Gonzalez was invited to participate in the 2019 adidas MLS College Showcase (formerly the MLS Player Combine) held to scout the top college prospects prior to the Major League Soccer draft. The event was held in Raleigh, North Carolina in conjunction with the NCAA's College Cup.[34]

Based on his performance during his SIUE career and in the adidas MLS College Showcase, Cougars midfielder Jorge Gonzalez was drafted in the third round of the 2019 MLS SuperDraft by the Los Angeles FC.[35]

Coaches

Cale Wassermann was in his first season as head coach of the Cougars. Stephen Gorton, Daniel Brennan, and Ian Henry were also in their first season as assistant coaches, although Henry is a former Direcor of Operations for the Cougars, and Brennan is an Edwardsville native.[36][37]

Roster

Source: [38][39]

Buff background indicates returning players from 2018. Pink background indicates players "redshirted" in 2018.

#	Name	Nationality	Height	Weight	Class	Hometown	High School	Academy/Club	Transfer from
Goalkeepers
1	Lluìs Martorell		6' 2"	170	R-Sophomorre	Barcelona, Spain	Collegi Sant Miquel	Unificació Bellvitge Club U19
29	Eric Bauche		6'	160	R-Sophomore	Weldon Spring, Missouri	St. Dominic	Sporting St. Louis
30	Nathan Chalus		6' 2"	195	Senior	Carol Stream, Illinois	Glenbard North	Chicago Inferno
31	Noah Heim		6' 2"	190	Senior	Cambridge, Wisconsin	Cambridge	Madison FC	Marquette
Defenders
2	Danel Calvillo		5' 8"	155	Senior	Araia, Álava, Spain		Real Sociedad	Universidad de Deusto
3	Noah Fetter		5'11"	155	R-Sophomore	Overland Park, Kansas	Blue Valley Northwest
4	Kashaun Smith		5'11"	150	Senior	Kingston, Jamaica	Wolmer's Boys'
12	Aaron Crabtree		6'	172	Freshman	Manchester, England	St. Bedes College	U18 Premier League
20	Sam Layton		6' 2"	160	Freshman	Brisbane, Australia		Burnley Youth Academy
25	Santiago Vargas		6' 1"	180	Freshman	Guatemala City, Guatemala
26	Corban McAvinew		5'10"	155	Sophomore	Canal Fulton, Ohio	Northwest	Internationals Soccer Academy
Midfielders
5	Carl Hinkson		5'10"	155	R-Senior	St. George, Barbados	Harrison College	Barbados Soccer Academy
6	Jake Meier		6' 2"	175	Sophomore	Jordan, Minnesota	Shakopee	Minnesota Thunder Academy	Indiana
7	Mathias Krigbaum		6' 3"	160	Senior	Greve, Denmark	Greve Gymnasium	FCK	Gannon
8	Jaime Izquierdo Roiz		6' 1"	170	Junior	Llanera. Spain			Marshall
10	Jorge Gonzalez		5'10"	165	Senior	Valencia, Spain	Cumbres School		Mercyhurst
11	Steven Bibas		5' 7"	140	Sophomore	St. Louis, Missouri	Vianney	Sporting St. Louis
13	Kelby Phillips		5 '8"	135	Sophomore	Springfield, Illinois	Springfield
14	Joergen Pettersen		6'	165	Senior	Fredrikstad. Norway		Trosvik IF	Maryville
15	Jack Edwards		6' 2"	150	Sophomore	St. Louis, Missouri	CBC	Sporting St. Louis
16	Andres Delascio		5'11"	160	Freshman	Milton, Ontario. Canada	Holy Trinity Catholic	Sigma FC
19	Colin Hilpert		5'10"	160	Junior	Fenton, Missouri	Rockwood Summit	St. Louis Scott Gallagher
21	Jeykel Pereira		5' 9"	160	Freshman	Siquirres, Limón, Costa Rica
24	Oskar Lenz		6' 2"	170	Freshman	Hamburg, Germany	Gymnasium Allee	FC St. Pauli U19
28	Collin Budd		5' 10"	160	Sophomore	Arcola, Illinois	ALAH High School	RSL Arizona/St. Louis Scott Gallagher
Forwards
9	Lachlan McLean		6'	180	Senior	Sydney, Australia	St Augustine's College	U-20 National Premier League
17	Jacob Bilyeu		6' 1"	155	Freshman	Oakville, Missouri	Oakville
18	Vincent Jackson II		5' 9"	160	Sophomore	Farmington Hills, Michigan	Wylie E. Groves	Virginia Tech
22	Jose Lolas		5' 7"	153	Freshman	Lima, Peru	F.D.Roosevelt

• = Players "redshirted' for the 2019 season.

Schedule & results

Source = [40][41]

Visiting team on the left, the home team on the right. Rankings from the United Soccer Coaches polls.

Exhibitions

Tulsa v SIUE

August 16, 2019	Tulsa	^(PK 6-5) 1–1	SIUE	Edwardsville, Illinois
7:00 PM CDT	Chavez  17' (Easterling) Ruiz  23' Drougard  75'	Report	Calvillo  89' (unassisted)	Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium Referee: Shane Butler

SIUE v #8 Kentucky

August 24, 2019	SIUE	3–2	#8 Kentucky	Lexington, Kentucky
2:00 PM CDT	Gonzalez  31' (?) Hrigbaum  2nd half' (Bilyeu) Bibas  6 min. later' (Gonzales)	[ Report]	2 1st half goals	Stadium: Wendell & Vickie Bell Soccer Complex

Regular Season

SIUE v #7 Michigan State

August 30, 2019	SIUE	0–0 ^(2ot)	#7 Michigan State	East Lansing, Michigan
12:00 Noon	Delascio  68' McAvinew  89'	Report	Ogunwale  53' Algahim  55'	Stadium: DeMartin Soccer Complex Attendance: 830 Referee: Brandon Artis

SIUE v #24 Michigan

September 2, 2019	SIUE	1–3	#24 Michigan	Ann Arbor, Michigan
12:00 Noon CDT		Report		Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,452 Referee: Christopher Ruska

Evansville v SIUE

September 6, 2019	Evansville	3–4	SIUE	Edwardsville, Illinois
7:00 PM CDT	Harris  36' (Hall) Graham  66' Graham  66' (unassisted) Johansson  81' (Mucj)	Report	McLean  2' (unassisted) Gonzalez  5' (unassisted) Bilyeu  8' (unassisted) Jackson II  30' (Krigbaum) Smith  42' Izquierdo Roiz  71' Bibas  88'	Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium Attendance: 333 Referee: Aron Johnannson

Saint Louis v SIUE

September 13, 2019 Bronze Boot Game	Saint Louis	2–1 ^(2ot)	SIUE	Edwardsville, Illinois
7:30 PM CDT	Novaes  11' (Boyce) Kidd  32' Keller  110' (Novaes)	Report	Phillips  27' (Gonzalez) Hinkson  53' Izquierdo Roiz  66'	Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium Attendance: 3,107 Referee: George Major Jr.

Butler v SIUE

September 17, 2019	Butler	1–2 ^(2ot)	SIUE	Edwardsville, Illinois
7:00 PM CDT	DeBolt  8' (Haywood)	Report	Pettersen  60' (McAvenue) McLean  111' Gonzalez  109' (Jackson II)	Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Don Tebeau

SIUE v rv Oral Roberts

September 21, 2019	SIUE	3–4 ^(ot)	rv Oral Roberts	Tulsa, Oklahoma
7:00 PM CDT	Hilpert  21' Jackson II  36' Krigbaum  42' (Jackson II) Gonzalez  53' (PK) Gonzalez  57' (Pettersen) McAvinew  78' Bench  92'	Report	Berry  9' (Unassisted) Brigida  12' (Berry & Guerineau) Brigada  48' (Berry) Castrp  92' (Ullersmo)	Stadium: Case Soccer Complex Attendance: 581 Referee: Matt Trotter

SIUE v UMKC

September 24, 2019	SIUE	1–0	UMKC	Kansas City, Missouri
4:00 PM CDT	Pettersen  74' Gonzalez  79' (Pettersen)	Report	Gilyard  68'	Stadium: Durwood Soccer Stadium Attendance: 112 Referee: Jon Freemon

Central Arkansas v SIUE

September 28, 2019 Homecoming	Central Arkansas	0–2	SIUE	Edwardsville, Illinois
7:00 PM CDT		Report	Hilpert  20' Gonzalez  51' (McAvenew) Phillips  66' (Bibas)	Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium Attendance: 2,107 Referee: Jervis Atagana

Western Illinois v SIUE

October 1, 2019	Western Illinois	0–1	SIUE	Edwardsville, Illinois
7:00 PM CDT	Brown  75'	Report	Bibas  70' (McAvinew)	Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium Attendance: 193 Referee: Elvis Mahmutovioc

Valparaiso v SIUE

October 5, 2019	Valparaiso	0–3	SIUE	Edwardsville, Illinois
7:00 PM CDT	Rose  45' Garcia  72'	Report	McLean  12' (Gonzalez) McLean  13' (Gonzalez) Meier  23' Bilyeu  69' (Krigbaum & Pettersen)	Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium Attendance: 329 Referee: Andrew Ellsworth

SIUE v Northern Illinois*

October 12, 2019	SIUE	2–1	Northern Illinois*	DeKalb, Illinois
2:00 PM CDT	Bibas  4' (Gonzalez) Gonzalez  8' (Pettersen)	Report	Maertins  12' (Welch) A.Markanich  72'	Stadium: NIU Soccer Complex Attendance: 202 Referee: Jorge Cuate

SIUE v Wisconsin

October 15, 2019	SIUE	2–2 ^(2ot)	Wisconsin	Madison, Wisconsin
7:00 PM CDT	McLean  52' (Pettersen) McAvinew  64' Gonzalez  79' (McLean & Smith) Meier  98'	Report	Hong 29' (Tostenrud & Iribarren) Koenig  86' Comisky  88' (Tostenrud)	Stadium: McClimon Memorial Soccer Complex Referee: Nicholas Balcer

Bowling Green* v SIUE

October 19, 2019	Bowling Green*	0–2	SIUE	Edwardsville, Illinois
7:00 PM CDT	Swiger  89'	Report	Phillips  27' (Gonzalez) Delascio  73' (Meier)	Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium Referee: Ryan Ash

SIUE v Akron*

October 25, 2019	SIUE	0–3	Akron*	Akron, Ohio
6:00 PM CDT	McAvinew  78'	Report	Austmann  4' (Egbo) Titaccio  33' Egbo  37' (Cruz) Tojaga  60' Egbo  86' Jackson  90' (Hernandez & Edbo)	Stadium: FirstEnergy Stadium–Cub Cadet Field Attendance: 1,386 Referee: Michael Nickerson

West Virginia* v SIUE

November 2, 2019	West Virginia*	0–0 ^(2ot)	SIUE	Edwardsville, Illinois
7:00 PM CDT		Report		Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium Attendance: 417 Referee: Dule Djurasevic

SIUE v #25 Western Michigan*

November 9, 2019	SIUE	1–1 ^(2ot)	#25 Western Michigan*	Kalamazoo, Michigan
12:00 Noon CST	Meier  22' (unassisted) Team  26' Delascio  56'	Report	Conerty  62' (Liagre)	Stadium: WMU Soccer Complex Attendance: 395

• * = Mid-American Conference opponemt

Postseason

MAC Tournament

West Virginia* v SIUE

November 12, 2019 Quarterfinal	West Virginia*	1–0	SIUE	Edwardsville, Illinois
7:00 PM CDT	Robles Grajera  43' (Pineda)	Report		Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium Attendance: 77

Statistics

Source: [42]

Field Players
#	Name	Games	Starts	Goals	Assists	Points	Shots	Shot %age	Shots On Goal	OG %age	Penalty Kicks	Game Winners	Yellow cards	Red cards
1	Lluís Martorell	5	5	0	0	0	0	—	0	—	0–0	0	0	0
2	Danel Calvillo	3	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	—	0–0	0	0	0
4	Kashaun Smith	7	0	0	1	1	1	0/000	0	0.000	0–0	0	1	0
5	Carl Hinkson	11	8	0	0	0	2	0.000	2	1.000	0–0	0	1	0
6	Jake Meier	17	17	1	1	3	5	0.000	3	.600	0–0	0	2	0
7	Mathias Krigbaum	14	0	1	1	3	4	.250	2	.500	0–0	0	0	0
8	Jaime Izquierdo Roiz	17	14	0	2	2	6	0.000	0	0.000	0–0	0	2	0
9	Lachlan McLean	17	17	4	2	10	35	.114	15	.429	0–0	1	1	0
10	Jorge Gonzalez	17	17	9	4	22	75	.120	32	.447	1–1	4	0	0
11	Steven Bibas	14	9	2	1	5	4	.500	2	.500	0–0	1	1	0
12	Aaron Crabtree	5	5	0	0	0	0	—	0	—	0–0	0	1	1
13	Kelby Phillips	17	17	2	0	4	14	.143	5	.417	0–0	1	0	0
14	Jorgen Pettersen	17	17	2	5	9	12	.167	5	.455	0–0	0	1	0
15	Jack Edwards	15	13	0	0	0	4	0,000	1	.250	0–0	0	0	0
16	Andres Delascio	17	4	1	0	2	7	.143	3	.429	0–0	0	1	0
17	Jacob Bilyeu	17	6	2	0	4	13	.154	7	.538	0–0	0	0	0
18	Vincent Jackson II	17	1	1	3	5	9	.111	6	.667	0–0	1	2	0
19	Colin Hilpert	17	17	0	0	0	1	0.000	0	0.000	0–0	0	2	0
24	Oskar Lenz	3	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	1	1.000	0	0–0	0	0
26	Corban McAvinew	16	8	0	3	3	4	0.000	2	.500	0–0	0	5	0
28	Collin Budd	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	—	0–0	0	0	0
29	Eric Bauche	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Nathan Chalus	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
31	Noah Heim	13	12	0	0	0	0	—	0	—	0–0	0	0	0
	Team							—		—
	Totals	17	17	24	23	71	197	.111	86	.437	1–1	8	21	1
	Opponents	17	17	21	25	67	215	.093	114	.530	0–1	5	17	0
Goalkeepers
#	Name	Games	Starts	Minutes	Goals Against	GA Average	Saves	Save %age	Wins	Loses	Tie	Shutouts	Yellow Cards	Red Cards
1	Lluís Martorell	5	5	421:53	1	0.213	25	.962	5	0	0	4	0	0
29	Eric Bauche	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Nathan Chalus	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
31	Noah Heim	13	12	1216:06	20	1.480	63	.759	3	5	4	3	0	0
	Team						1
	Totals	17	17	1637:59	21	1.154	89	.809	8	5	4	7	0	0
	Opponents	17	17	1637:59	24	1.319	60	.714	5	8	4	2	0	0

Additional stats	Corner kicks	Offsides	Fouls	Goals/game
SIUE	80	28	210	1.412
Opponents	94	24	175	1.235

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